And though you will probably be astonished to hear it, Toddles and Trot nodded their heads and smiled.
"You wouldn't like it not to be a success," said mother.
"Trot," said Toddles, when mother had left the room, "you won't write a programme next time."
"If I do, Toddles," said Trot, "you may carry it out—out of the room, I mean."
But after all there was one part of the programme carried out.
At four o'clock that same afternoon Toddles and Trot were sitting side by side on the nursery floor, looking and feeling very unhappy and miserable.
"If only we hadn't hurt ourselves," said Trot, "we might have been having the party now."
"And the two kinds of jam," said Toddles. "Oh dear! oh dear!"
"Oh dear! oh dear!" said Trot.
The door opened, and nurse came into the room.